William O. Lowe

Chink Lowe
Tennessee Volunteers
Position Guard
Class Graduate
Career history
College Tennessee (19141916; 1919)
Personal information
Date of birth (1894-05-23)May 23, 1894
Place of birth Loudon County, Tennessee
Date of death March 12, 1949(1949-03-12) (aged 54)
Place of death Fountain City, Tennessee
Career highlights and awards

William Oscar "Chink" Lowe (May 23, 1894 March 12, 1949) was a college football player.

University of Tennessee

Chink Lowe was a prominent guard for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. He was selected for an 1891-1919 All Tennessee team.[1] "Chink" was the older brother of J. G. Lowe.[2]

1914

Lowe was a substitute for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) champion 1914 team.

1916

Lowe was an All-Southern selection for the SIAA co-champion Tennessee team of 1916.[3] He was elected captain of next year's team.[4]

Military

Lowe served in the First World War as an observer and gunner in the Army's fledgling aviation corps. attached to the Army as a marine.[2] He earned the Distinguished Service Cross.

References

  1. "1891-1919 All Tennessee". Big Orange: a pictorial history of University of Tennessee football: 54. 1982.
  2. 1 2 "Volunteer Warrior". University of Tennessee Alumni Magazine.
  3. "All-Southern Football Team As Picked By Sport Writers". Augusta Chronicle. December 3, 1916.
  4. "Lowe Leads Tennessee". The Charlotte News. December 14, 1916. Retrieved March 3, 2015 via Newspapers.com.


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